A solar plane on a possibly record-setting flight made a stop in Oklahoma Thursday night.
The Solar Impulse 2 left Phoenix, Arizona, Thursday morning. The solar-powered jet arrived in Tulsa around 11:15 p.m. Thursday.
The pilot is attempting to set a record for the first around the world solar flight.
"Landing in Tulsa is symbolic, as it lies at the heart of the United States," Solar Impulse employees said in a blog post. "Route 66, the iconic road that stretches from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona until ending in Santa Monica, California was initiated by entrepreneurs in Tulsa, Oklahoma."
The flight is the third Solar Impulse mission flight of the year. Earlier in 2016, the plane crossed the Pacific. Most recently it traveled from San Francisco to Pheonix, where it stayed for a week while waiting for weather conditions to clear well enough to continue the voyage.
Engineers aim to travel to New York "as soon as possible" before making the trip across the Atlantic Ocean.
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